Coos County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Coquille Fire Department responded to a field off of North Bank Lane near Coquille just after 2:30pm, Saturday afternoon, July 8th, in response to a downed aircraft.
Upon arrival of first responders it was discovered that the pilot, 70 year old Raymond Kimball and the only person onboard, had survived the crash and was transported to Bay Area Hospital.
The National Traffic Safety Board was contacted after an initial investigation and will be taking over the investigation.
